A lot of the signings Wenger made in his last few seasons were bizarre and it’s his lack of any coherent transfer strategy that has seen us fall out of the CL.
We sold all our best player to rival clubs, while they used us as a dumping ground for their dross.
Wenger would regularly ignore positions we were weak in, like when we were desperate for a top quality striker he stockpiled mediocre ones like Chamakh, Park, Gervinho, Sanogo, Welbeck, etc, or when he paid a club record fee for a striker on Perez who never started a game.
He could have got good money from Man City for Sanchez but because he dithered, had to swap him with Mkhitayran who was useless.
Along with Torreira there have been other strange signings like Willian, Saliba, Mari, Runarssen and Pepe who, with wages, have cost the club around 200m, while giving nothing back.
Podolski is different because there was so much hype when he first burst onto the scene but then the Bayern move stalled him for several years and he was never shone outside Koln. Partly because he could afford to have off games but it’s harder in bigger clubs.
